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General Information

Name in local language: Hochbrücke Hochdonn
Beginning of works: 1913
Completion: 1919
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: , , ,
Crosses:
  • North & Baltic Sea Canal
Part of:
Coordinates: 54° 0' 58.90" N    9° 17' 49.92" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

main span 143.10 m
total length 2 218 m
length of drop-in span 121.10 m
number of tracks 2

Quantities

structural steel 15 000 t

Materials

piers steel
truss steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Hochdonn High Bridge (Hochbrücke Hochdonn in German) is a railway bridge in the Marsh Railway crossing the Kiel Canal near Hochdonn, Germany. It is a riveted steel bridge, "exposed to extreme railway traffic".

History

The rail bridge was opened on 11 June 1920.

The central part of the main span suffered from general deterioration, but damage caused by two ship collisions made it necessary to substitute a new center part. On 6 November 2006 the 1.465-metric-ton (3,230 lb) 121.10-meter (397.3 ft) long span was removed and carefully passed between the 120-meter gap of the two existing support points. Once removed, the steel structure was lowered onto a transport barge. The new structure that arrived the night before on another transport barge was lifted into place. While lowering and lifting work was going on, this section of the canal was closed and a large number of ships were waiting to pass; the alternative was to navigate around the northern tip of Denmark.

The new central span was also raised by 2 meters (6.6 ft) to a height of 42 meters (138 ft) above the canal, the same height as other bridges on the canal.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Hochdonn High Bridge" and modified on 27 May 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Engineering
Construction

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  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20002053
  • Published on:
    30/09/2001
  • Last updated on:
    03/06/2022
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